sumetary

[Herb Stahlke]

Isn't that what they used to call absolute neutralization?

Herb

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:17 AM, David Bowie <db.list at pmpkn.net> wrote:
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> From:    Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM>
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>> Sound change is a fact of language and always has been.  No one has
>> ever been able to stop it...
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> Now, now, Herb, don't overstate the case--kill off all the speakers of a
> language, sound change in that language stops pretty quickly.
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> (I'd add a smiley, except that it feels too serious to do so.)
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